Iron Horse (1966)

Name: Iron Horse
Genre: Western
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Dale Robertson, Robert Random

Western

The Iron Horse is an American Western television series that appeared on ABC from 1966 to 1968 and featured Dale Robertson as fictional gambler-turned-railroad baron Ben Calhoun. Costars included Gary Collins, Robert Random and Ellen Burstyn.

IMDb rating: 7.1 (278 votes)
Episode average: 6.4 -0.7 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1966)

6.39 avg 30 episodes 6.8 → 6.5 60 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Rail Runs West	6.8	45
2	The Dynamite Drive	6.6	36
3	High Devil	6.7	35
4	Right of Way Through Paradise	6.8	32
5	The Pride of the Bottom of the Barrel	6.5	28
6	Broken Gun	6.6	35
7	Cougar Man	6.3	28
8	War Cloud	6.1	25
9	No Wedding Bells for Tony	6.5	31
10	The Man from New Chicago	6.4	25
11	Explosion at Waycrossing	6.6	29
12	Through Ticket to Gunsight	6.2	24
13	Town Full of Fear	6.7	27
14	Big Deal	6.9	28
15	A Dozen Ways to Kill a Man	6.3	30
16	Hellcat	6.0	28
17	Welcome for the General	5.7	28
18	The Pembrooke Blood	6.5	28
19	Volcano Wagon	6.6	28
20	The Bridge at Forty-Mile	5.7	28
21	Shadow Run	6.5	28
22	Banner with a Strange Device	6.3	26
23	Appointment with an Epitaph	7.0	33
24	The Red Tornado	5.9	32
25	Decision at Sundown	7.1	21
26	The Passenger	5.8	26
27	The Execution	5.9	21
28	Death by Triangulation	6.4	26
29	The Golden Web	5.7	28
30	Sister Death	6.5	26

Season 2 (1967)

6.41 avg 17 episodes 6.4 → 6.4 60 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Diablo	6.4	25
2	Consignment, Betsy the Boiler	6.8	24
3	Gallows for Bill Pardew	6.4	28
4	Five Days to Washtiba	6.0	26
5	The Silver Bullet	5.9	24
6	Grapes of Grass Valley	5.7	22
7	Leopards Try, But Leopards Can't	6.5	25
8	The Return of Hode Avery	6.5	27
9	Four Guns to Scalplock	6.6	22
10	Steel Chain to a Music Box	6.7	22
11	Six Hours to Sky High	6.0	24
12	T Is for Traitor	6.2	22
13	Dealer's Choice	6.9	20
14	Wild Track	6.8	24
15	Death Has Two Faces	6.4	23
16	The Prisoners	6.8	24
17	Dry Run to Glory	6.4	22

Iron Horse (1966)

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